EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Community Advancement Division Council
Meeting Notes
October 10, 2013
Present: Martha Aaron, Philip Sutton, Maryann Cohan, LauraLee Garinger, Alin Sanchez
A scheduled meeting of the Community Advancement Division Council convened at 1:30 pm at the Business Training Center in Room 21.
Review of Minutes from September 12 meeting
Minutes approved as written.
Department Updates
o Career Pathways (CP)– Megan Ruane: Not present
o Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) – Darling Garcia: Not present
1) The CACT grant was morphed into a Deputy Sector Navigator for Advanced Manufacturing. There is a different focus. The focus is to work with colleges in the Los Angeles area to help them better meet the needs of industry and put academic programs in place. The prior focus was helping industry by training their workforce. Now David is helping colleges to do the same thing for industry. The CACT name will continue. There are certain initiatives that kept the name because there’s a lot of history with the brand.
2) Submitting a National Science Foundation grant due this month. NSF is a division under the federal government and they concentrate on technical education at the 4-year and 2-year institutions. The grant is to train technicians for the aerospace industry.
o Community Education – Veronica Mendoza:
1) We continue to receive strong positive feedback from students on our new office location. They are very happy to have us conveniently located to better serve them.
2) Reserving classrooms on campus still remains an issue as there is still no proper classroom reservation process in place. However, having a dedicated Community Education classroom has helped tremendously in dealing with this issue. We have scheduled a good portion of our classes in this room. Having this classroom has allowed us to run classes during the day and the evening for various Community Education classes/programs, which the students love.
3) Community Education has launched a new in-house Pharmacy Technician program that breaks up the program into 8 parts plus an internship component along with the introduction of a Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Exam Preparation class. This structure allows students to make payments for the training program as they progress, rather than paying one large lump sum at the beginning of the program. Instructor and Internship placement managers are top notch with excellent student success/pass rates.
4) We just completed a series of information sessions with 20-50 persons per event in attendance for Pharmacy Tech, Clinical Medical Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding, and Alcohol and Drug training programs. New expedited daytime programs are very popular.
5) We are in planning mode for our annual Winter/Spring history series events; call for ECC faculty participation has been met with positive response thus far. We are looking forward to collaborating with some dynamic ECC instructors for the events scheduled for 2014.
6) Winter/Spring 2014 scheduling and catalog design is underway. Room reservations, contracts and all other department tasks are in process for the current semester and for winter/spring 2014.
o Center for Customized Training (CCT) – Maricela Vital:
1) ETP 12: ETP has to do some modifications so we can finalize invoices.
2) ETP 13: We finished all the funds; waiting for companies to reach 90 day retention so that we can do final invoicing.
3) ETP 14-0008: Getting more core funds. (Jose: New contract being applied for is $1.2 million.)
4) AB 118: We have a contract with Cerritos and waiting for the other colleges.
5) Contract Ed: Training is picking up. We’re in the process of our review.
o Small Business Development Center (SBDC) – Laura Garinger:
1) The SBDC advisors and staff are working hard to reach our goals by the end of December, set by our lead center Long Beach Community College. We are at 87% for our business start-ups (having received 52 out of the 60 required). We are at 64% for long term clients having 5 or more hours of contact and prep time (we have 150 clients seen long term; our goal is 235). We are at 60% for our capital infusion, for loans, owner investment, etc. Our goal is $10,000,000 and so far we have $6,024,804. It is very difficult to get banks to lend to start-ups. Existing businesses have a long turnaround time in receiving money from banks. It can take several months to secure a loan. With the government shut down the SBA loans have come to a halt for the time being. We are relying heavily on owner investment, which includes clients investing their own funds to start their businesses or to use in their existing businesses for marketing, equipment, payroll and expansion etc. Other means of investment can be loans from friends or relatives, private non-institutional lenders, investors, and some banks willing to lend to small businesses during the recession. Banks do want to see a credit score of 680 or higher and some collateral and sufficient income to secure loans.
2) Currently we only have 6 attendees for our QuickBooks series that will end October 15. We will not offer another series until after the first of the year. Typically attendance is low during the holiday season. Most people are too busy to commit to a 5 week series.
3) The SBDC is conducting presentations on the ECC Campus for Career Month. Today we are presenting “Having a Job versus Being an Entrepreneur” in the Social Sciences building from 1pm-2pm. On October 22nd we will present “How to Start a Part Time Business While Attending College” at the Distance Learning Center from 3pm-5pm.
4) Other ongoing workshops conducted by the SBDC held here at the Business Training Center each month include but are not limited to “How to Estimate Start-Up Costs, Choosing & Forming Corporations & LLCs, Small Business Orientation, Business Loans 101, How to Write a Business Plan, Export/Import Workshop, Business Licensing and Permits and Are You Ready to Start a Business.
o Workplace Learning Resource Center (WpLRC) – Maryann Cohan:
1) Terminal Island: Five year contracts ended September 30, 2013. They include AutoCad and Blueprint (Math). Parenting contract extended to December 31, 2013. Welding classes to start in February.
2) Metropolitan Detention Center: Parenting class ongoing. Blueprint for Workplace Success to end.
STCW (Standards for Training, Certification and WatchKeeping)-95:
3) STCW Class: August class is taking Fire on October 14 and 15.
4) Lifeboat Class: October 15 to be cancelled.
5) Advanced Fire: Depends on the Fire Chief.
6) Tankerman: Minimum of 5 students needed. Date set for November 11-15, 2013.
7) Medical Provider: Minimum of 5 students needed.
8) Effective February 1, 2013 all workers who tend to off-shore rigs must have fire training. Ten plus students are waiting for Advanced Fire class.
9) Vessel Security Officer: Changes are being made to comply with the Maritime Transportation Security & Administration (MTSA). Until then, we are unable to hold classes. Expect classes to begin 1/1/14.
10) STCW 3-day Refresher Course: Curriculum is being prepared to submit to USCG for a new class. The STCW certification expires after 5 years, however, if seafarers have enough sea time they can take the 3-day Refresher Course instead of the 5 day class.
11) STCW Basic Safety Certifications from the USCG have been approved for 10/01/13-10/31/18 (5 years).
Retail/Hospitality/Tourism Sector Navigator Grant:
12) Contract Award $372,500. Philip Sutton is Sector Navigator. He attended a meeting at Merced College on October 4th. (His job is to help other regions that selected Retail, Hospitality and Tourism as a priority sector. He will help them and their colleges to put programs in place that will help those sectors.)
Discussion
a) Office changes: Eldon, Bronwen and Diane will be changing offices.
b) Project Specialist: We opened the position, have received applications, and are currently going through the selection process. Hopefully, within two months, we will have a person in or going to Board for approval.
c) New Event Evaluation Forms for departments that hold events for students. It is to be used when an event is held on campus where students are involved, or in some cases, students may not be involved. The purpose of the form is to determine the effectiveness of the event and solicit feedback from students to improve future events.
d) Our Annual Holiday Gathering will be a potluck and be scheduled during the second week of December.
Adjournment at 2:30 pm
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